RF Hunter – Find hidden cameras and other devices
This project is an RF Signal Scanner built using an ESP32, AD8317 RF detector, and various other components. It's designed to detect and measure RF signals in the environment and display the signal strength on an OLED display. It's useful to find hidden cameras, wiretapping devices, and other RF-enabled devices.
RF Hunter – Find hidden cameras and other devices launched on October 24, 2024 with 594 votes, #40 of 5,185 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
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RF Hunter is a hardware project that detects radio frequency signals using an ESP32 microcontroller and RF detector components. It displays signal strength readings on an OLED screen, helping users identify hidden cameras, wiretapping devices, and other RF-enabled equipment in their environment. The project is open-source and designed for those concerned about surveillance or signal detection.
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RFHunter is a device to find hidden Cameras at AirBNBs - RamboRogers/rfhunter
This project is an RF Signal Scanner built using an ESP32, AD8317 RF detector, and various other components. It's designed to detect and measure RF signals in the environment and display the signal strength on an OLED display. It's useful to find hidden cameras, wiretapping devices, and other RF-enabled devices. See the video here: https://x.com/rogerscissp/status/1847721651359850985 I've have a number of interesting products in the works. I'll share more details soon. Note: I've had some interesting comments under the issues section of this repo. If you're making one of these you may want to look. It was suggest you could modif this board to not need a boost converter. I've not tried this…from github.com
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